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Tag Archives: new mom
Finding stillness, living in the present, and looking after a baby
Here in the UK we’ve been in ‘lock down’ for nine weeks (I think, I have lost count). In the Magpie household we entered lock down with a two and a bit week old baby to look after, and little … Continue reading
Posted in gratitude, mindfulness, parenting
Tagged baby in lockdown, gratitude, Inspiration, living in lockdown, living with lockdown, lockdown, luck, mindfulness, new baby, new mama, new mom, new mum, parenting, parenting in lockdown
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‘I’ll fix that later’: things that help when trying to write and look after a baby.
Posted in Art, Craft, parenting, writing
Tagged creative parent, new mom, new mum, writing, writing life, writing parent, writing tips, writing when short on time
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Late night research and the Hidden Life of Trees
Followers of this blog may know that I’ve been working on a novel for some time (like ten years worth of time). I think it’s taken so long because it took me a while to work out what kind of … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Craft, writing
Tagged Art, being a parent, creative, creative mom, creative mum, creative parent, fantasy, fantasy writer, fantasy writing, hidden life of trees, mom, multi-tasking, mum, new mom, new mum, science fiction, science fiction writer, science fiction writing, writing
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Mothers day design – USA moms
Quite some time ago I posted this post in which I showed you a design I had created as a valentines day card for Mr Magpie when I was heavily pregnant with my first baby. A few people here, and else … Continue reading
Trying to be a new parent and creative at the same time: Write everyday?
It’s been almost 9 weeks since I had my baby and I’ve been beginning to get back thinking about how to be a creative person, at the same time as being a new parent. It’s been quite a learning curve, … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Craft, creativity, parenting, writing
Tagged being a parent, creative parent, creativity, new mom, new mum, parenting, the bestseller experiment, write every day, writing
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Learning to be a mum
We’ve been using terrycloth nappies to avoid sending tons of rubbish to landfill, but it’s been a bit of a learning curve. Let’s just say partner’s attempts to domesticate me are getting less and less subtle! I also make art. … Continue reading
Posted in environment, parenting
Tagged environment, low impact parenting, nappies, new mom, new mums, new parent
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Reasons to be grateful – the NHS
The only place to be at 5 o’clock in the morning. I had an emergency C section 2 days ago on the NHS after a pretty long, fairly painful. Many of the careful and skilled hands that looked after me … Continue reading
Posted in gratitude, infertility, pregnancy
Tagged lovethenhs, baby, be kind, bekinder, gratitude, infertility, ivf, ivfpregnancy, new mom, newbaby, newmama, newmum, NHS, pcos, reasons to be grateful
